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O.C.G.A. § 4-2-2 — Mark, brand, or tattoo registration - Evidential value | Georgia Code

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TITLE 4 ANIMALS

Section 2. Marks and Brands, 4-2-1 through 4-2-5.

4-2-2. Mark, brand, or tattoo registration - Evidential value.

The fact that any livestock is marked, branded, or tattooed with a registered mark or brand shall constitute prima-facie evidence in any trial or proceeding that such livestock belongs to the person to whom the certificate of mark, brand, or tattoo registration for that particular mark, brand, or tattoo was issued. This Code section shall not apply to livestock marked or branded prior to April 1, 1974, unless the mark, brand, or tattoo was registered or recorded in the office of the Commissioner.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 1395; Code 1868, § 1452; Code 1873, § 1439; Code 1882, § 1439; Civil Code 1895, § 1758; Civil Code 1910, § 2017; Code 1933, § 62-104; Code 1933, § 62-103, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 1003, § 1.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 4 Am. Jur. 2d, Animals, §§ 5, 7.

C.J.S.

- 3B C.J.S., Animals, § 28 et seq.

ALR.

- Identification of animals involved in conversion action, 51 A.L.R.2d 1154.

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